Ep. 139 The Great Dying

Petri Dish

Hey, times are tough! So in a bit of escapism, Petri Dish has decided to dive into one of the largest extinction events of all time -- the Great Dying! Serving as the end of the paleozoic and start of the mesozoic, the Great Dying killed of around 90% of marine animal species and 75% of land species, clearing things out a little bit for the start of the age of the Dinosaurs!

References:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22066-7

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001282521400110X

https://news.mit.edu/2015/siberian-traps-end-permian-extinction-0916

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X11007151

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22066-7

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2018.0361